Since quality often does not go hand-in-hand with box-office success, I suspect "30 Days Of Night" might just beat out two far superior movies, "Gone Baby Gone" and "Rendition."

Fans of vampire movies don't care, I'll wager, that this one has lackluster special effects and isn't scary. It's a cuddle-up date movie and those often do well...for a week, at least, though the other two are among the better ones of the year.